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<div class="fp-title"><span class="fp-number">Livre 2, Fable 4</span><span class="fp-text">L'AIGLE, LA CHATTE ET LA LAIE</span></div>
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<div class="fp-title"><span class="fp-number">Liber II, Fabula IV</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">AQUILA, FELES ET APER</span></div>
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<td class="fp-left"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">1&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Un aigle avait placé son aire sur un chêne élevé ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">2&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">une Chatte, ayant trouvé un creux au milieu de l'arbre,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">3&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">y avait fait ses petits ; et la Laie, habitante des bois, avait mis au bas sa portée.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">4&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Mais cette société, formée par le hasard,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">5&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">fut bientôt dissoute par l'astuce criminelle de la Chatte.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">6&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Elle grimpe chez l'Aigle, et lui dit&nbsp;: «&nbsp;On prépare votre mort,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">7&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">et peut-être, hélas&nbsp;! aussi la mienne.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">8&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Voyez-vous tous les jours fouir à nos pieds</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">9&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">cette maudite Laie&nbsp;? Elle veut déraciner le chêne, pour renverser l'arbre</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">10&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">et dévorer alors à son aise tous nos nourrissons.&nbsp;»</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">11&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Lorsqu'elle a bien semé l'épouvante et la terreur,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">12&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">elle descend doucement à la bauge de la Laie&nbsp;:</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">13&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">«&nbsp;Votre famille court un grand danger, lui dit-elle ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">14&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">car, à peine irez-vous chercher pâture avec votre petite bande,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">15&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">que l'Aigle fondra pour vous ravir vos marcassins.&nbsp;»</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">16&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Ayant aussi répandu l'effroi dans ce lieu,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">17&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">la fourbe regagne son trou, où elle est en sûreté ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">18&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">elle s'en esquive la nuit sans bruit</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">19&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">pour aller se repaître, elle et ses petits ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">20&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">le jour, elle feint l'inquiétude et la crainte.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">21&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">L'Aigle, craignant la chute de l'arbre, ne le quitta point ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">22&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">la Laie, voulant éviter une irruption, ne sortit pas.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">23&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">Qu'arriva-t-il&nbsp;? Eux et leurs petits moururent de faim,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">24&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">et la Chatte et les petits chats eurent large proie.</span></span></span></td>
<td class="fp-right"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">1&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Aquila in sublimi quercu nidum fecerat ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">2&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">feles cavernam nancta in media pepererat ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">3&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">sus nemoris cultrix fetum ad imam posuerat.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">4&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-manuscript" title="Afficher le manuscrit (édition paléographique)"
>[<a target="fppithoeanus" href="http://www.archive.org/stream/lesfablesdephdr00robegoog#page/n85/mode/1up">p.22</a>]</span> Tum fortuitum feles contubernium</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">5&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">fraude et scelesta sic evertit malitia.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">6&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Ad nidum scandit volucris&nbsp;: «&nbsp;Pernicies, ait,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">7&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">tibi paratur, forsan et <span class="fp-correction" title="misere  (orig. avec var. orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">miserae</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="miserae  (var. orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">misere</span></span> mihi ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">8&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">nam fodere terram quod vides cotidie</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">9&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">aprum insidiosum, quercum vult evertere,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">10&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">ut nostram in plano facile progeniem opprimat.&nbsp;»</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">11&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Terrore effuso et perturbatis sensibus</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">12&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-correction" title="direpit  (orig. avec f. d'orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">derepit</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="derepit  (f. d'orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">direpit</span></span> ad cubile setosae suis.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">13&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">«&nbsp;Magno, inquit, in periculo sunt nati tui ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">14&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">nam simul exieris pastum cum tenero grege,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">15&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">aquila est parata rapere porcellos tibi.&nbsp;»</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">16&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Hunc quoque timore postquam complevit locum,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">17&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">dolosa <span class="fp-correction" title="toto  (orig. avec f. de voca.)"><span class="fp-difference">tuto</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="tuto  (f. de voca. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">toto</span></span> condidit sese cavo.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">18&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Inde evagata noctu suspenso pede,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">19&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">ubi esca sese replevit et prolem suam,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">20&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">pavorem simulans prospicit toto die.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">21&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Ruinam metuens aquila ramis desidet ;</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">22&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">aper rapinam vitans non prodit foras.</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">23&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">Quid multa&nbsp;? Inedia sunt consumti cum suis</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">24&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">felisque catulis largam <span class="fp-correction" title="prebuerunt  (orig. avec var. orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">praebuerunt</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="praebuerunt  (var. orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">prebuerunt</span></span> dapem.</span></span></span></td>
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<td class="fp-left"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">25&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">La sotte crédulité peut apprendre par cet exemple</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">26&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text">combien de maux cause souvent une langue traîtresse.</span></span></span></td>
<td class="fp-right"><span class="fp-paragraph"><span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">25&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate"><span class="fp-manuscript" title="Afficher le manuscrit (édition paléographique)"
>[<a target="fppithoeanus" href="http://www.archive.org/stream/lesfablesdephdr00robegoog#page/n86/mode/1up">p.23</a>]</span> Quantum homo bilinguis <span class="fp-correction" title="sepe  (orig. avec var. orth.)"><span class="fp-difference">saepe</span></span><span class="fp-original" title="saepe  (var. orth. corr.)"><span class="fp-difference">sepe</span></span> concinnet mali,</span></span> <span class="fp-line"><span class="fp-number">26&nbsp;</span><span class="fp-text notranslate">documentum habere stulte credulitas potest.</span></span></span></td>
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<div class="fp-translator">Traduit par M. E. Panckoucke, 1864</div>
<div class="fp-la-fontaine">Lire la fable de La Fontaine&nbsp;: <a href="http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/L%E2%80%99Aigle,_la_Laie,_et_la_Chatte">L’Aigle, la Laie, et la Chatte</a></div>
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